20 óEARLE t,; (jUt stngle breasted winged, c'otfarshearling. I It!' MADISON AVE. @ 58TH ST. ) MADISON AVE. @ 70TH ST. MADISON AVE. @ 84TH ST. MADISON AVE. @ 79TH ST. THIRD AVE. @ 62ND ST. To order call 212.719.4610 IHE BEST NEW AMERICAN PlAY IN AT LfAST HALF A DECADEI" -Sheridan Morley International Hera1d Tribune "A PlAY OF ORIGINALITY AND WISDOM. A WORK OF TRUE EXCELLENCE-OF INTELLECT, HUMANITY AND COMPASSION.'- Martin Gottfried NY Law lournal 1 i j , " ) -ry, - ,. , 8 Clashes. Lies and Always Music TUES-FRI at 8; SAT at3 &8; SUN at3 &7 SPECIAL HOliDAY PERFS: 12/23 at 8; 12/30 at 8 TIX BY PHONE 212-580-1313 or TEIE-C af E 212-239-6200 PROMENADE THEATRE 2162 BROADWAY at 76 ST of the gritty, glamorous downtown life. Through Jan. 5. (A concurrent show of Goldin's pic- tures of children is at Marks, 1018 Madison Ave., at 79th St., through Dec. 21.) . . . C]] "Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on Ameri- can Art 2." Through Jan. 5. (Open Wednes- days, except Christmas, and Fridays through Sundays, 11 to 6; Thursdays, 1 to 8.) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Central Park W. at 79th St. (769-5100)-An exhibit of the Codex Leicester, Leonardo's manuscript on such scientific subjects as hydrodynamics and astronomy. Through Jan. 1. (Open daily, except Christmas, 10 to 5:45, and Friday and Saturday evenings untIl 8:45.) BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Eastern Parkway (718-638- 5000)-The museum's extensive Chinese col- lection has handsome new quarters in whlch a careful, lucid presentation offers a broad look at the art of the Middle Kingdom, from Neolithic stone carvings to blue-and-white ceramics of the late Ch'ing dynasty. . . . C]] "In the Light of Italy: Corot and Early Open- Air Painting," an exquisite exhibition of oil sketches which makes a marvellous pendant to the big Corot show at the Met. Through Jan. 12.... C]] A small show of black-and- white photogrdphs by Bruce Cratsley. Through Jan. 5. (Open Wednesdays, except Christmas, through Sundays, 10 to 5.) ASIA SOCIETY, Park Ave. at 70th St. (288-6400)- "Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Ten- sions." The best work in this superb show manages to avoid mimicking the vernacular of Western modernism and postmodernism by drawing upon traditional forms. Through Feb. 2. (Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, except Christmas, 11 to 6, and Thursday evenings until 8; Sundays, noon to 5.) ... NOTE: The exhibition extends to N.Y.U.'s Grey Art Gallery (100 Washington Sq. E.; open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 11 to 6:30; Wednesdays, 11:30 to 8:30; Saturdays, 11 to 5; through Dec 21) and to the Queens Museum of Art (Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; open Wednesdays, except Christmas, through Fri- days, 10 to 5; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5; through Feb. 16). MORGAN LIBRARY, 29 E. 36th St. (685-0008)-The heart of the Morgan collection is its stock of Rembrandts, the greatest of which are now on view in "A Fine Line: Rembrandt as Etcher." Every impre sion here is exquisite, from the splendid copy of "The Hundred Guilder Print" to a postage-stamp-size self-portrait as d goggle-eyed, openmouthed youth. In the se- ries illustrating scenes from the life of Jesus, the gorgeously printed "Adoration of the Shep- herds: A Night Piece" is especially fine, its figures just visible in a rich, velvety midnight gloom. . .. C]] "Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings," a selection of seventy-five Baroque works which includes, among other odds and ends, a strange pair of copies of Mogul min- iatures by Rembrandt and some brilliantly colored genre scenes by Adriaen van Ostade. Both shows through Jan. 5. (Open Tuesdays through Fridays, except Christmas, 10:30 to 5; Saturdays, 10:30 to 6; Sundays, noon to 6.) MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART, 593 Broadway, between Houston and Prince Sts. (966-1313)-"Art of the Baga" features drums, masks, çostumes, and other objects made by the Baga inhabit- ants of Guinea, in West Africa. Through Jan. 5. (Open Tuesdays through Fridays, except Christmas, 10:30 to 5:30; Saturdays and Sun- days, noon to 6.) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, Fifth Ave. dt 89th St (369-4880)-' 'Powerful Expre sion : Re- cent American Drawings" includes five works each by fifteen artists, among them Jim Dine, Sidney Goodman, R. B. Kitaj, Susan Rothen- berg, Jasper Johns, and Elizabeth Murray. Through Jan. 5. (Open Wednesdays, except Christmas, through Sundays, noon to 5; Fri- day evenings until 8, with no admission charge after 5.) NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, 1 Bowl- ing Green (668-6624)-"Woven by the Grand- mothers," a display of nineteenth-century Na- vajo textiles from the museum's collection. Through Jan. 8. . . . C]] Thirty-eight contempo- rary Navajo rugs and tapestries are on view,